Sunset reflection at midtown Atlanta near Atlantic Station. A security guard told me to leave before I could get some additional long exposure shots for car light trails.
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Very nice my friend.. Goðafoss looks great winter time
Thank you very much, Ronny! Actually I saw some images from there where the actual water fall was only tiny and isolated. The majority of the fall was frozen. Now, that was something else. Too bad that particular image was taken late in the winter when the temperature was pretty high already.
Your image near Vik, the name of the spot escapes me, above is gorgeous!
digital_AM wrote:
Sunset reflection at midtown Atlanta near Atlantic Station. A security guard told me to leave before I could get some additional long exposure shots for car light trails.
Canon 24mm TSE
I wonder why the security guard wanted you to leave, because you were photographing a train station? People photograph the Grand Central in NYC, U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court, White House all the time. I would imagine these are in theory more sensitive than a station station in Atlanta...
kdrk888 wrote:
I wonder why the security guard wanted you to leave, because you were photographing a train station? People photograph the Grand Central in NYC, U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court, White House all the time. I would imagine these are in theory more sensitive than a station station in Atlanta...
The security guard told me the sidewalk I was standing on was private property. I had to move further up the street. It didn’t make sense to me.
digital_AM wrote:
The security guard told me the sidewalk I was standing on was private property. I had to move further up the street. It didn’t make sense to me.
I've argued a number of times with security kicking me off "public" sidewalks. Once, even sheriffs harassed me at a public park in the LA Civic Center (I didn't even have a tripod) because there were criminal courts in the area with entry ways I was seen to have been photographing as I took general pictures of the architecture. Same goes for private property open to public like shopping malls.
The issue became more confrontational after 9/11. Security felt they had a mandate to operate with impunity against and suspicious activity and surveillance. Even hand held "professional" cameras draw immediate attention in large metro areas. People take photos all day with cell phones in these locations, without any interference, so why am I different roaming the open access areas and taking the occasional photo?
Gunzorro wrote:
I've argued a number of times with security kicking me off "public" sidewalks. Once, even sheriffs harassed me at a public park in the LA Civic Center (I didn't even have a tripod) because there were criminal courts in the area with entry ways I was seen to have been photographing as I took general pictures of the architecture. Same goes for private property open to public like shopping malls.
The issue became more confrontational after 9/11. Security felt they had a mandate to operate with impunity against and suspicious activity and surveillance. Even hand held "professional" cameras draw immediate attention in large metro areas. People take photos all day with cell phones in these locations, without any interference, so why am I different roaming the open access areas and taking the occasional photo?
Gunzorro wrote:
I've argued a number of times with security kicking me off "public" sidewalks. Once, even sheriffs harassed me at a public park in the LA Civic Center (I didn't even have a tripod) because there were criminal courts in the area with entry ways I was seen to have been photographing as I took general pictures of the architecture. Same goes for private property open to public like shopping malls.
The issue became more confrontational after 9/11. Security felt they had a mandate to operate with impunity against and suspicious activity and surveillance. Even hand held "professional" cameras draw immediate attention in large metro areas. People take photos all day with cell phones in these locations, without any interference, so why am I different roaming the open access areas and taking the occasional photo?
Exactly, Jim. Two years ago I was testing the new CV 10mm inside a shopping mall to see how wide it really is, the security said no photography was allowed, they had very right to do so since it's private property but what does that accomplish? People take pictures inside shopping malls with their phone all the time, is a photo taken with a camera more dangerous than a picture taken with a cell phone? I think some individuals feel they are more powerful when they are in some sort of uniform...
